Author - Colin Vassallo

SyFy – the former home of WWE Smackdown – will start airing a two hour version of Monday Night Raw on Fridays starting tonight.
Raw is set for the 8PM time slot and it is expected that the two hour version will be the same one that Hulu broadcasts on its streaming service the day after Raw on Tuesday.
This is the first time that Raw...

The Air Canada Centre will host the 2016 WWE Survivor Series pay-per-view according to PWInsider.com. This will be the second time that the Survivor Series will be held in Canada and the first time around produced the infamous Montreal screw job back in 1997.
Canada has not gotten a WWE pay-per-view since 2009 and that one was in Montreal. Toronto...

Universal is teaming up again with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson to launch The Janson Directive, a movie adapted from Robert Ludlum’s works, the man behind the Bourne Identity franchise. The plan behind this movie is to launch it as the next franchise.
“The Janson Directive is classic Robert Ludlum,” Johnson told The Hollywood...

WWE Superstar Emma underwent successful back surgery yesterday and now starts the road to full recovery.
“Thank you all so much again for the support and keeping me in your thoughts,” Emma wrote on Twitter, adding that surgery went well and is now just resting.
Emma was suffering from a ruptured disc in her back and was pulled from all events...

John Cena will be hosting the 2016 ESPY Awards on July 13 which will be airing from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California.
The ESPY Awards – which stands for Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly Award – recognize individual and team athletic achievement and other sports-related performance during the year. It airs on ABC...

The case against Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka continued today at the Lehigh County Courthouse as a judge is hearing testimony to conclude if Snuka is competent to stand trial for the 1983 murder of his mistress Nancy Argentino.
The first doctor last week, paid by the defense, said that Snuka cannot stand trial as he is suffering from dementia and...

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson announced that his production company Seven Bucks Productions is teaming up with CNN to present a new CNN Original Series titled Soundtracks: Songs That Made History.
The latest project from the hardest working man in show business will take viewers on “an extraordinary journey through history using the music that...

John Cena and Nikki Bella were swamped with paparazzi in New York after attending the NBCUniversal Upfronts on Monday and a TMZ paparazzo managed to get some comments out of the former WWE champion.
When asked if he’s at 100%, Cena said that he’s not and he’s probably “30% off what I was operating at in November 2015” but for him, being...

The Extreme Rules go home edition of Raw once again got mauled in the ratings with an average of only 3,190,000 viewers, 47,000 less than last week’s episode.
Hour one started with 3,376,000 viewers, then went slightly down to 3,302,000, before ending the night with a very disappointing 2,894,000 in the third and final hour. The main event was...

WWE has unveiled the logo for the upcoming Cruiserweight Classic series which will air on the WWE Network this Summer. The logo features two metallic-looking C’s and the WWE logo in the middle and the words Cruiserweight on top and Classic on bottom.
Meanwhile, tickets for the tapings which will be held at Full Sail University in Winter Park...

The June 8 NXT Takeover show will be headlined by Samoa Joe vs Finn Balor for the NXT title in a steel cage match. The announcement was made this morning by NXT General Manager William Regal during a contract signing at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida, which was broadcast on Facebook Live.
This will be the first time that a steel...

After being pulled from the Sunday non-televised live event show, WWE Superstar Emma received more bad news today as her back injury will require surgery.
The Australian Emma is suffering from a ruptured disc in her back and the timing couldn’t be worse as she was just placed in an angle with her sidekick Dana Brooke against Becky Lynch...

WWE Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Vince McMahon sold 2,191,894 shares of WWE’s Class A common stock, netting him nearly $40 million according to the 8-K document filed yesterday with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The shares sold represent around 6% of the company’s outstanding shares of Class A common stock. McMahon...

WWE.COM is reporting that Emma has suffered a back injury at last night’s non-televised live event in Charlottesville, Virginia. “WWE.com has learned that Superstar Emma suffered a back injured last Sunday night during a WWE live event and is currently undergoing tests to determine the extent of her injuries,” the short statement...

NBCUniversal held its yearly Cable Upfronts event today in New York at the Radio City Music Hall and this year WWE’s presence was rather minimal.
Only WWE Superstars John Cena, Nikki Bella and her retired sister Brie were present for the Upfronts and WWE was not really mentioned during the two hour presentation to advertisers and media buyers...

WWE Chief Brand Officer Stephanie McMahon will be writing a memoir about growing up in the WWE and it will also take a look inside WWE’s incredible history and remarkably contemporary approach to media.
The preview of the book, which will be published by Regan Arts, reads, “Stephanie’s inspirational memoir reveals her life growing up...

Yesterday’s non-televised NXT live event in Portland, Oregon ended with a massive brawl between Samoa Joe and Finn Balor which led to the whole locker room clearing out to separate the two.
The brawl – to advance the storyline between the two heading into the upcoming NXT Takeover event in June – will have some ramifications as NXT...

James Caldwell of the Pro Wrestling Torch is reporting that TNA TV production crew has not been paid – again – and the company is way behind payments, going back to the January television tapings.
Caldwell said that those production members who inquired about payments “have been met with resistance” and then to make matters worse...

Raw ring announcer Lilian Garcia addressed the rumors that have been swirling around for the past few days that she has been released from WWE. “That’s when I knew I had to set the story straight,” Garcia said after she woke up this morning to see her name trending on Twitter.
Lilian said that her father has been battling bladder and myeloma...